How does gender compound the effects of aging?
What will be an ideal response?
Women earn less than men do throughout their lives. In addition, women live longer than men, o there are more elderly women living on limited resources. Single, widowed, divorced, and separated women are most likely to be poor. The average income of elderly women is about 57 percent that of elderly men.
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Approximately what percentage of the poor have no health insurance?
A) ten B) thirty C) forty D) sixty
Multistage sampling designs tend to have smaller sampling errors than single-stage sampling designs
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A victim of blackmail might submit to demands, even though he or she did not recognize the power of the blackmailer as legitimate. This is an example of ____
a. coercion b. legitimate authority c. passivity d. charisma e. blaming the victim
Pierre Bourdieu's contributions to sociological theory include:
A. the advocacy of civil rights for minorities. B. applied sociological methods. C. writings about how capital in its many forms sustains individuals and families from one generation to the next. D. a de-emphasis on the scientific method.